Pine cones are for life, not just for Christmas! We stumbled across this lovely idea to make some adorable pineapple decorations using old pine cones, paint and paper and couldn't help but share! Here's what you will need.... Pine cones (I know, I know, it's summer. If you can't find any lying around and don't want to destroy your pot-pourri, You can buy them on bulk on Amazon, because that's the modern world we live in) Scissors Yellow Paint Green card Glue Start by taking y

So we have been getting a bit over excited about summer recently. (Its here, and it it doesn't seem to be going anywhere!....I hope I didn't jinx it) I know, I know. It's hot out and nobody wants to be sat on the sofa painstakingly stitching this time of year. But craft is for life guys! Not just for rainy day's! That's why we though we would come up with a bunch of quick and easy summer craft ideas, so you can keep flexing those creative muscles all summer long. First up...

Thanks a bunch to everyone who sent in pics of their finished soap projects from April's box. We It was lovely to see how much everyone enjoyed playing around with different colours and effects in this kit. It was definitely a challenge to pick Maker of the Month this time! Here was our example... And here is the kit we put together... Some honourable mentions first of all - Love these cute sea shell themed soaps from Susan Ireland. Thinking outside of the box for sure :) As

So you may remember that last months Makerly bookbinding kit included WAY too much beeswax than you needed to wax your thread. That's because when we ordered the bars, shock horror, it looked smaller on the screen than it did in real life. Lesson learned! But we hate waste. Waste is bad and bee's are good. And crafts are good! Look at this.... We had enough beeswax leftover in the end that we invented beeswax jenga! And yes, it (kind of) WORKS! :) Anyway. After scouring the